CONTENTS
PREFACE = i
ABBREVIATIONS = iii
Ⅰ. UNDERSTANDING ON RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES(DSU) = 1
Art. 1 : Coverage and application = 1
Art. 2 : Administration = 1
Art. 3 : General Provisions = 2
Art. 4 : Consultations = 4
Art. 5 : Good Offices, Conciliation and Mediation = 7
Art. 6 : Establishment of Panels = 7
Art. 7 : Terms of Reference of Panels = 8
Art. 8 : Composition of Panels = 8
Art. 9 : Procedures for Multiple Complaints = 10
Art. 10 : Third Parties = 11
Art. 11 : Function of Panels = 11
Art. 12 : Panel Procedures = 11
Art. 13 : Right to Seek information = 13
Art. 14 : Confidentiality = 14
Art. 15 : Interim Review Stage = 14
Art. 16 : Adoption of Panel Reports = 15
Art. 17 : Appellate Review, Standing Appellate Body = 15
Art. 18 : Communications with the Panel or Appellate Body = 17
Art. 19 : Panel and Appellate Body Recommendations = 18
Art. 20 : Time-frame for DSB Decisions = 18
Art. 21 : Surveillance of Implementation of Recommendations and Rulings = 19
Art. 22 : Compensation and the Suspension of Concessions = 20
Art. 23 : Strengthening the Multilateral System = 24
Art. 24 : Special Procedures Involving Least-Developed Country Members = 25
Art. 25 : Arbitration = 25
Art. 26 : Non-Violation Complaints of the Type Described in Paragraph 1(b) of Article XXIII of GATT 1994 = 26
Art. 27 : Responsibilities of the Secretariat = 27
APPENDICES = 28
1. Agreements Covered by the Understanding = 28
2. Special or Additional Rules and Procedures Contained in the Covered Agreements = 29
3. Working Procedures = 30
4. Expert Review Groups = 32
Ⅱ. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS = 33
A. The GATT 1994 and Other Covered Agreements = 33
1. General interpretative note to Annex 1A = 33
2. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 = 33
3. WTO Covered Agreements = 35
ⅰ. Agreement on Agriculture = 35
ⅱ. Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures = 35
ⅲ. Agreement on Textiles and Clothing = 36
ⅳ. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade = 41
ⅴ. Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures = 42
ⅵ. Agreement on Implementation of Article Ⅵ of GATT 1994 = 43
ⅶ. Agreement on Implementation of Article Ⅶ of GATT 1994 = 44
ⅷ. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection = 46
ⅸ. Agreement on Rules of Origin = 46
ⅹ. Agreement on Import Licencing Procedures = 47
xi. Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures = 47
xii. Agreement on Safeguards = 55
B. General Agreement on Trade in Services(GATS) = 55
C. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights = 57
Ⅲ. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DECISIONS OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE GATT 1947 REFERRED TO IN THE DSU = 59
A. Decision of 12 April 1989 on Improvements to the GATT Dispute Settlement Rules and Procedures = 59
B. Decision of 5 April 1996 on Procedures Under Article XXIII = 60
Ⅳ. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES IN THE PLURILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS = 62
A. Provisions Regarding the Agreement on Government Procurement = 62
1. Agreement on Government Procurement = 63
2. Notification Under Appendix 1 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding = 65
B. Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft = 65
Ⅴ. RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE MEETINGS OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY = 67
A. Rules of Procedure for Meetings of the Dispute Settlement Body = 67
B. Rules of Procedure for Sessions of the Ministerial Conference and Meetings of the General Council = 68
Ⅵ. RULES OF CONDUCT FOR THE UNDERSTANDING ON THE RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES = 79
Ⅶ. WORKING PROCEDURES FOR APPELLATE REVIEW = 88
Ⅷ. DSU PRACTICES = 103
A. Working practices concerning dispute settlement procedures = 103
B. Article 4.11 DSU - Replies to request = 104
Ⅸ. OTHER DECISIONS = 106
A. Declaration on Dispute Settlement Pursuant to the Agreement on Implementation of Article Ⅵ of the GATT 1944 or Part Ⅴ of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures = 106
B. Procedures for the Circulation and Derestriction of WTO Documents = 106
C. Procedures for Arbitration under Article 8.5 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures = 110
D. Decision on Certain Dispute Settlement Procedures for GATS = 117
INDEX = 119
